Great Watch

Great upgrade - durable - more than I will use but I will try:)

Fenix 8 Review

I bought this a month ago an am so happy, is a great watch

So Far An Excellent Piece Of Equipment

I have owned this watch for a month now. It replaced a quartz 6 that lasted for years and was amazing. I no longer needed the boating features so I decided to go with the Fenix. The data syncing was flawless and this watch gives me everything that I need (swimming, golfing, biking, and walking) data. I am still learning my way around the functions, but so far I am very impressed. One last thing…battery life is 5 days+ when I cut the watch off at night.

Love It!

Great looking watch with tons of interesting information in an easy to understand layout.

Great Purchase

Switched from Apple Watch, and very happy I did, does everything I need and more, use for running, biking, swimming

Great Hardware/weak Ui/ux

From a hardware standpoint, it’s almost my ideal fitness watch. I love the rugged design, round display, physical buttons, battery life, and overall build quality. The running and training capabilities are also excellent—Garmin gives you an incredible amount of useful data during and after workouts. Unfortunately, the software experience doesn’t match the quality of the hardware. The UI on the watch genuinely feels like it’s stuck in the early 2000s. Menus are cluttered, navigation isn’t always intuitive, and the overall visual design feels surprisingly dated for such an expensive, technologically advanced watch. Garmin Connect has a similar problem. There’s an enormous amount of useful information available, but it isn’t presented nearly as cleanly or intuitively as something like WHOOP. Garmin often gives me more data, while WHOOP does a much better job of making that data easy to understand. That’s what makes the Fēnix 8 so frustrating: Garmin has almost everything I want. The hardware, battery life, durability, and training features are fantastic. I just wish the software felt as premium and modern as the watch itself. I really wanted to love the Garmin Fēnix 8. Amazing hardware and incredible training capabilities held back by desperately outdated UI/UX.

3 weeks now and I am still discovering new things about it, best watch I have ever had.

Nice Features

Enjoying it so far. I had an older model and wanted an upgrade.

Comes With Ugly Watch Face

It’s a nice watch. The watch faces provided by Garmin for this watch suck! There are some other free ones that you might like, I did find an acceptable one. Most of the available watch faces are from third parties and are not free. For the price of this watch you should be able to easily get a free watch face that you like. They also don’t make it easy to find out that you will likely have to pay for a watch face that suits you.

Bouncing On The Bottom All The Way To The Sea

A generous donation made by a big tech company, Garmin A prize for top fundraising: a fancy watch Missouri River Relief beneficiary extra ordinaire Worn with pride for 2 weeks A shirt taken off in the late afternoon sunlight A poorly constructed, cheaply made wristband A tech marvel with all the bells and whistles Slowly sinking into the depths of the Meramec A swift and cloudy current concealing the treasure A watch made for a walker, a runner, a weekend warrior But not for a river man Gone too soon to the depths Bouncing on the rocks to eternity Still recording too, for 10 more days at least She might make Kimmswick, or Natchez A solo journey down to the sea

All Good

So I have been with GARMIN for 20 years and before this Fenix 8 now. I loved my Fenix 6 pro solar and after 5 1/2 years the battery was done. So I hope my Fenix 8 can go at least 7 years.

Horrible Software Issues!!!

Not happy at all d/t ongoing software glitch - struggled for one month with different fixes through the garmin support line. Finally they are replacing it. Hopefully the new watch will not have the same software problem. Don't buy this watch!!!!!! DONT BUY IT!!!!!!

All Good And Better

All Good , very relaxing and peaceful using Fenix 8, I hope it works better and longer than Fenix 6.

Great Hardware. Not So Much The Software

This watch can be so much better. Great battery life, and very readable screen. However: I neither need nor want features related to activities I don’t do. Give me the option to remove everything related to golf, skiing and scuba. Please! I’d pay extra for the ability to declutter my watch. Fix your upgrades. Most of the time, running an upgrade changes settings, and I spend a couple of hours making adjustments so my watch functions as I am accustomed. And why is running upgrades for Connect IQ so difficult. I don’t even try anymore. And why/how did trails disappear from maps? After years of using them, they are gone. I was an endurance athlete before digital watches, heart rate monitors, etc. The Fenix is like magic. But whomever is in charge of firmware/software should find work for which they are better suited, as the Fenix reputation is being eroded. I won’t buy a Fenix 9.

Best Garmin Yet!

Wears great, looks great and, has every feature I could want to support my lifestyle. The topo maps and GPS are second to none and the sensors keep perfect track of all my health metrics. In addition, the 16 day battery life ensures that I will never have to worry about my Garmin dying on me while I am out in the field. If I could rank this above a 10 out of 10 I would. I highly recommend!